"Don't slander my husband..."
After hearing this, Song Qianqian finally couldn't bear it any longer, and her potential to protect the calf was activated.
Cheeks puffed out, silver teeth chattering.
She doesn't want to drag her husband down because of herself. In this era, businessmen really have no status, she admits.
But it’s not okay to talk about her husband.
Lin Bai glanced at her and thought it was quite interesting. The little goblin looked like a female tiger protecting her calf, which was very cute.
He took the little goblin's hand to express that it was okay, then looked at Zhao Changming and said, "Master Zhao is right. I am indeed taking this opportunity to fight for the interests of my wife and all businessmen."
As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned.
Everyone in the crowd looked shocked.
This is too honest! Even if you really think so, you shouldn’t admit it! Because in this way, the nature has completely changed.
Song Qianqian was also stunned and looked at her husband blankly.
Lin Bai gave her a calm look, and then continued: "It is precisely because my eldest and third eldest children are both businessmen that I can better understand the value of businessmen to this society and their difficulties."
"I hope they get the respect they deserve. I don't think businessmen are inferior to anyone else..."
"Absolutely ridiculous!"
Before Lin Bai could finish speaking, Zhao Changming couldn't help but angrily said, "What's the value of businessmen? What's so difficult about them? Apart from exploiting the people and making ill-gotten gains, what else is praiseworthy about them?"
This statement made the businessman completely useless.
Lin Bai knew that the status of businessmen was low, but he never thought that he would be so unsightly in the eyes of officials, and his face became a little ugly.
He sneered and said: "Master Zhao looks down on businessmen so much, Lin would like to ask, General Wu came to Jiangnan not long ago to raise military rations. How much did Jiangnan merchants raise? How much did you donate, Master Zhao?"
Zhao Changming hummed: "I have nothing to offer, so naturally I have no money to donate."
"As for those businessmen, they usually plunder the people's wealth and get all their ill-gotten gains. Shouldn't they donate a little during the national crisis?"
"It's just too strong a word!"
Qin Ke couldn't help it anymore and said in a cold voice: "My eldest sister borrowed 100,000 taels of silver from Sihai Bank to donate because she ran out of funds and had poor liquidity. If Mr. Zhao is really serious about it, why not advance two years' salary to donate?" Already?"
What?
Loan donation?
The crowd all looked at each other in shock when they heard this. They really didn't know this.
Zhao Changming also didn't know. He was stunned for a moment and said: "So what, businessmen value profits. She is probably doing this just to gain a good reputation."
"The nature of a businessman is to buy low and sell high, to pursue profits and to be greedy. This has been the case since ancient times. All dynasties and generations have long seen through it. Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, otherwise, why do you think businessmen are the last of the four peoples?"
"Ah!"
Lin Bai sneered, "Then Lin would like to ask Mr. Zhao, Confucius said: Wealth and honor are what people want. How do you explain this sentence?"
Before the other party could answer, Lin Bai added: "Businessmen seek profit for the sake of wealth, and scholars pursue fame for the sake of nobility. They are also what people want. Why should scholars be superior to businessmen?"
"Because businessmen are rich and unkind."
Zhao Changming sarcastically said: "Businessmen go to any lengths to make profits. They are treacherous and hateful. How many people have been deprived of their wealth? Isn't this kind of behavior untouchable?"
"ridiculous!"
Lin Bai said coldly: "How many corrupt officials have there been in the past dynasties? When it comes to harming the people, businessmen can't even compare to these scholars."
"Profit-seeking and greed are not the nature of businessmen at all, but the nature of human beings. Businessmen are greedy to make profits, and scholars are seeking fame and becoming high officials, isn't it?"
Zhao Changming said angrily: "That's nonsense. Scholars take the exam to serve the imperial court."
Lin Bai asked in return: "Can't merchants serve the imperial court? Isn't this enough to raise military rations? Lin doesn't know that in other areas, merchants in Jiangzhou alone have raised two million in donations."
"How many can your scholars solve at this time?"
After hearing this number, everyone couldn't help but take a breath.
However, most of the people present were scholars, and they were obviously a little angry inside.
I wanted to refute it, but I really didn’t know how to refute it for a while.
Lin Bai did not give them a chance, and continued: "Businessmen only earn the price difference and attract people's jealousy. It is not ruled out that some businessmen get carried away after getting rich, but are they just businessmen like this?"
"There is no such person in any industry or industry? There is a lot of money in business, which at most only amplifies this point, but this is human nature and has nothing to do with whether you are a businessman or not. There is essentially no difference between a businessman and a scholar."
Zhao Changming said angrily: "This is nonsense. Businessmen are not engaged in production. They do not create any value. They only buy low and sell high. If everyone is like this, who else is engaged in production in this country?"
"Since ancient times, agriculture has been the foundation of the country."
Lin Bai chuckled: "Mr. Zhao, you think too much. Do you think being a businessman is easy? Anyone can do it?"
"We say businessmen don't create value, but what about scholars? What have they created? A few sour poems? To comfort a frustrated life?"
"With all due respect to Lin, the so-called scholarly talents, including Lin himself, are not as good as street vendors in Lin's opinion, because they are all really doing practical things, while scholars only know a few broken poems." , this is truly not creating any value.”
As soon as these words came out, the whole place was in an uproar.
After all, everyone is a scholar, and they were all beaten to death with one blow.
Some people wanted to refute, but Lin Bai was too lazy to respond. He continued: "Agriculture is the foundation of the country. Lin has never opposed it. However, if we focus on agriculture and neglect business, the upper limit is that the people will starve to death. If we want to be rich and powerful, it is far from enough."
"And if agriculture is the foundation of the country, then commerce is the blood of the country. Commercial circulation and exchanges inject huge vitality into the entire society."
"The more developed commerce is, the more vitality the entire society will have, the younger it will be, and the more prosperous it will be. On the contrary, it will be lifeless, like an old man in his twilight years."
"Jiangnan has been richest in the world since ancient times. Why?"
"Is it because Jiangnan's agriculture is developed? No, it's because of Jiangnan's commerce. Jiangnan contributes the most tax revenue every year, and most of it comes from commerce."
"The imperial court came to Jiangnan when they had no money, and they came to Jiangnan when they didn't have enough military rations. And the so-called scholars, while taking the salary contributed by the merchants, demoted the merchants to the point of being worthless. Is it appropriate?"
This was obviously a bit much.
Qin Kexin quickly pulled Lin Bai.
Lin Bai really said he was happy. He didn't keep his mouth shut for a moment, and almost cursed directly: he picked up the bowl to eat, put down the chopsticks and cursed his mother.
All the officials above looked surprised.
Old Master Zhu also showed a hint of surprise in his eyes.
Not to mention the crowd.
I really dare to say that in front of so many people, I directly argued with the deputy examiner, and indirectly mocked all the officials.
Is this a rhythm that Jieyuan no longer wants?
In fact, I really don’t blame Lin Bai. In his previous life, he was a keyboard warrior, always quarreling with everyone he saw. After coming to this world, his thinking has not changed yet, and he got used to quarreling for a while.
Damn it, you're not really going to lose your fame, are you?
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